No Florida Panthers team in two decades has had more expected of them, and yet this team falls back into its old habits of promising a lot but delivering nothing.
They sit last in the East at Thanksgiving, seven points out of a playoff spot. Only they can dig themselves out of this hole, and they must make bold decisions in order to do so. But not only do they seem incapable of making those bold decisions, but they also seem afraid of doing so.
Will they blame injuries for another wretched start? Roberto Luongo missed about a month of time and the Panthers only won twice during that stretch.